Hardcase
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| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Release date | February 1, 1972 |
| Run time | 1:14:09 |
| Starring | Clint Walker Stefanie Powers Pedro Armendariz Jr. Alex Karras |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Rapf |
| Music composed by | Pat Williams |
| Screenplay by | Sam Rolfe Harold Jack Bloom |
| Director(s) | John Llewellyn Moxey |
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Hardcase is an American live-action western television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions as their first-live-action feature. It aired on February 1, 1972 on ABC-TV as its "Movie of the Week" presentation. It was written by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, produced by Matthew Rapf, and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.
In 1900, a presumed dead soldier returns to his ranch in Texas to discover his wife has sold it and remarried to a rebel leader in Mexico. With nothing more to lose, he kidnaps the rebel leader in the hopes that he can hold him as ransom to recoup his loses with the rebel leader's enemies, but first, he must reach the border.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Organizations
- United States Army (mentioned)
Locations
- Earth
- Mexico
- Caribbean (indirectly mentioned)
- Cuba (mentioned)
- Southwest Asia (indirectly mentioned)
- Philippines (mentioned)
- United States
- Massachusetts (mentioned)
- Boston (mentioned)
- San Francisco (mentioned)
- Texas border
- The Sun (mentioned)
- The Moon
Objects
- Guns that killed several people
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Casting
Hardcase was Clint Walker's first film he made a year after a near-fatal skiing accident when a pole pierced his heart.[1][2]
Filming
The movie was filmed entirely in Mexico.[1]
It was copyrighted in 1972.
Music
The music was composed by Pat Williams. The music was edited by John Caper.
Crew credits
- Executive producers: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
- Second unit director: Miguel M. Delgado
- Director of photography: Rosalio Solano
- Film editor: Mike Pozen
- Art director: Jose Rodriguez Granada
- Sound effects: Gene Eliot
- Associate editor: Mary Steward
- Production supervisor: James Cranston
- Production manager: Alphonso Sanchez Tello
- Unit manager/Assistant director : Jack Voglin
- Assistant director: Valerio Olivo
- Script supervisor: Elaine Newman
- Wardrobe designer: Christa Humboldt
- Stunt coordinator: Hal Needham
- Set decorator: Raul Soorano
- Camera operator: Urgano Vazquez
- Sound editor: Rafael R. Esparza
- Recorders: Todd-A-O
- Titles and effects: CFI
- Executive in charge of production: Dick O'Connor
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 1, 1972 at 8:30 pm on ABC-TV
- United Kingdom and Ireland: June 19, 1976 at 11:00 pm on BBC1
Behind the scenes
Errors
Marketing and promotion
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 16, 2012: Warner Archive Collection releases Hardcase on DVD.
Trailers
References
- ^ a b February 1, (1972). "Ski Accident Alters Outlook", page 12. Anaheim Bulletin. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Jones, Paul (February 1, 1972). "Two Good Westerns Will Duel for Viewers", page 12. The Atlanta Consitution. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
